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The Hays/Lodge Pole cheerleaders present the Colors prior to the start of the District 9C Consolation and Championship games Saturday night at the Havre High School gymnasium. Hays/Lodge Pole Principal Beth Kendall sang the National Anthem during the presentation....
Last October, outgoing Montana Art Education Association (MAEA) Teacher of the Year, Cortni Harant, crowned April Fox the Montana Art Teacher of the Year at a reception held at the Yellowstone Art Museum on October 17. Fox recently learned that she has also been selected as the 2019 Pacific Region Art Educator of the Year, an award that will be conferred at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) National Convention to be held in Boston at the John B. Hynes Veteran's Memorial Convention Ce...
Forty-seven spellers from across Blaine County gathered in the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium at Chinook High School on February 12 to determine who would emerge as Blaine County's Spelling Bee champion. After fifteen rounds, J.J. Jendro, a seventh grader who attends Zurich Elementary School, was declared the winner. Jacoby Ball, a seventh grader representing Hays/Lodge Pole, captured second place. Blaine County Superintendent of Schools, Valerie White presented Jendro and Ball with plaques honoring...
Last year, Kristi Jensen's supervisor nominated her for the 2018 Governor's Award for Excellence, and based on her performance, Jensen won this prestigious award. Although the award was presented to Jensen in September, she received her picture with the Governor just last month. Jensen is a Business Analyst for the Department of Labor and Industry in Helena where she has worked for the past ten years and is considered a vital member of the Division. She is also the daughter of Dave Jensen and Ka...
Havre, MT February 17, 2019: Havre Elks Lodge #1201 and the Havre Pizza Hut are teaming up on Thursday February 21st to help communities in Hill, Blaine and Chouteau Counties. Lodge Exalted Ruler Kyle Leeds says: “On Thursday February 21st, Pizza Hut is donation 20% of all orders that day, between 11am and 11pm when people tell them they want to donate to the Havre Elks Lodge. This offer applies on all dine in, carry out, and delivery orders placed on Thursday February 21st.” Leeds continues: “Havre Elks Lodge #1201 plans to utilize the funds...
The Turner community gathered at the school gymnasium for a Community Pep Rally this past week to send both boys and girls teams off to tournament. Both coaches spoke to the crowd about each player and how they had grown throughout the season. A tribute was done to the Seniors, and a few fun games, chants and the school song was sung. A contest of class cheers were also held and the first grade class deemed the champions!...
Tom and Lucy Fairbank enjoyed attending tournament action this past weekend in Havre. Bill and Mary Hake enjoyed watching the tournament play on the NFHS website throughout the tournament. Due to cold it was a great opportunity for many folks to stay at home and still be in touch with all the happenings at the District Tournament. Don and Bonnie Harmon enjoyed the District 9C Tournament this weekend in Havre. They also attended the Lion’s Pancake breakfast on Sunday. Gerald and Shirley Keller attended the District 9C Tournament this past w...
The District Tournament finished up on Saturday in Havre. There was a lot of good basketball played. The Turner Girls placed third and will compete at the Divisional Tourney in Great Falls this coming week. Congratulations to them and their coaches, Julie Welch and Darci Ammen. Loretta and Wally Beck attended the County Spelling Bee in Chinook on Tuesday in which their grandson Tate Beck participated. Gene Billmayer was in Havre on business Thursday and while there took daughter Emily to the basketball game. They went to see Larry Billmayer...
Betty Marie Acher was born January 31, 1937, on her family farm in Chinook, Montana, the daughter of Glen and Effie McGhuey. She attended a country school in Chinook, Montana and college in Havre, Montana. She graduated from Northern Montana College as an Elementary Teacher. On August 24, 1958, she married her high school sweetheart, James R. Acher. They had two children, Mikel William Acher and Sandra Lee Acher. She loved teaching children and had a 30 year career in the Chinook and Harlem area... Full story
Patti Hellman, daughter of Bonnie Hellman and a 2008 graduate of Chinook High School, recently earned certification as a Product Owner/Product Manager with Scaled Agile. This certification will allow her to be more effective in her job. Hellman currently works at a title insurance closing software company in Billings, called SoftPro, where she serves on a team that is developing a web application for creating a new culture and process for the company. When Hellman realized that she needed to increase her skill set, she decided to take a...
The human soul transcends earthly value Q: Why is it that Christians say we have to believe their way or miss Heaven? Isn’t this a little narrow, maybe even arrogant? A: Christians do make up a religion—Christians believe God’s every word. Jesus said, “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). Who doesn’t want to be saved? Some years ago a man’s plane crashed into the ocean. He survived the crash, but had blood on his forehead which attracted the sharks, and he spent 10 hours kicking at the sharks to sur...
Nathan and Mary Merrill have been remodeling their house they bought from Roy Lackner. Mary who has always been interested in the history of the house asked him about how old the house was and he had no idea. Recently while they were demolishing the upstairs bedroom they found a group picture, a couple of valentines, and a couple of postcards one of Great Falls in 1919. They were in excellent condition. The handmade valentine was given to Richard Martin from Carita Smith – it is a h...
The Blaine County Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular monthly meeting Monday February 25, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. Free People Reading Freely Book Club will meet Monday March 4th at 7:00 p.m. Anyone is welcome to attend. We are continuing to read banned books, but we are branching out beyond the top ten of 2017. Library Staff has put together a list of banned books available for participants to choose from. You have probably read more than one banned book on...
THANK YOU SO MUCH Kermit Johnson for plowing up all the snow in the parking lot. Also, thank you to Jerry Schmitt for getting all the cars started and moved and shoveling these last few days! In Greatest Gratitude… Kim Hansen, Dianne Herold, Bev Devaney, Kay Schmitt, Ann Azure for cooking up the meals on the 12th and 13th. A Harlem Senior Center fact you may not be aware of: If you purchase items through the AmazonSmile Program, they will donate 0.5% of your purchase price to the Harlem Senior Center. You must shop through AmazonSmile, not j...
Thank you to all of you that put so much time and effort to make the Senior Center a fun place to be. It is always fun to see everyone enjoying their time here. Our cinnamon rolls are made on Wednesday so please call by Tuesday noon to order them. Thank you very much. Our activities start at 1 p.m. and include Pinochle on Monday, Shanghai Rummy on Tuesday, Scrabble/board games, Whist or other cards, or movie on Wednesday afternoons, Bingo on Thursday, and cards on Friday. The Kitchen Band plays on Fridays. We have exercise equipment available...
For Immediate Release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for many areas across Region 6. All hunter education classes are free of charge. Many classes are being held prior to the March 15 application deadline for special permits for deer and elk. Future application deadlines include May 1 for moose, sheep and goat, and June 1 for deer B, elk B and antelope. In the next few months, classroom courses (for youth) are being held in the following towns, with the start date listed: Malta: Feb. 25 Hinsdale:...
Malcom Birnell, who graduated from Chinook High School in 1990 and whom many will likely remember as Willie Birnell, is poised to earn his doctoral degree. When the process is finalized, which he hopes will happen by April of this year, he will be Dr. Birnell, with a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership with a specialization in Curriculum and Instruction. Birnell updated his chair and committee members in January, and one of them conducted a review of his dissertation and edited his...
From Whitlash. For readers who missed it, Ground Hog Day was Saturday (February 2). That's the day the furry weather prognosticator gives an insight as to how much longer winter will last. Growing up in southern Illinois, where the woodchucks are widespread, my family made kind of a deal about the day. As kids we anticipated the day, hoping, "The ground hog doesn't see its shadow so spring will come soon." In our fifty plus years of marriage my wife and I have lived in seven different states,...
Hays/Lodge Pole gets past North Star 68-63, finishes 3rd at District 9C. Face Heart Butte tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Northern C Divisional. The District 9C and District 2B Tournaments were held this past weekend and the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hay/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds will continue on to the Northern C Divisional in Great Falls this week. The Harlem Wildcats and Turner Tornadoes seasons concluded at their respective District Tournaments. The Chinook Sugarbeeters stormed through the District...
The first weekend of the high school girls basketball postseason is in the books and the Harlem Lady Cats and Turner Tornadoes will continue their seasons while the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds saw theirs come to an end. The Harlem Lady Cats were regular season champions in the District 2B, finishing with a 7-1 conference mark and a 15-3 overall record. By virtue of their regular season finish they were already guaranteed a spot in the Northern B Divisional this weekend...
